The City of Portsmouth is giving $11 million to a woman who lost her husband, and sustained brain injuries, in a car crash that happened during a police pursuit.
Calvin Majette, 35, and his wife, Tamika Pleas, were driving home from the grocery store last March when a woman fleeing from Portsmouth police crashed into them, killing Majette and seriously injuring Pleas. The woman was wanted for forgery, fraud and driving with a suspended license.
We re barely hanging in there, says family of innocent Portsmouth husband and father killed in police pursuit
Calvin Majette s car was hit by a woman who was fleeing from police. Majette s wife, Tamika was also injured and is still in the hospital. Author: Dana Smith Updated: 6:11 PM EDT March 16, 2021
PORTSMOUTH, Va. The family of an innocent man killed in a police pursuit is speaking out.
Calvin Majette died after a woman who was being pursued by police officers, crashed her Jeep into the car he was driving.
Majette’s wife, who was also in the car, is injured.
Majette s older sister, Tiffanie Hyman said the family is barely hanging on.